JOCKEY Vincent Cheminaud came up with a perfectly-judged front-running ride aboard the Andre Fabre-trained Finche, who landed his first pattern race of the year in the the Group 3 Prix Valparaiso Sporting Club Prix de Reux.

The mile and a half contest was the main supporting race to the Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville on Sunday and the fast ground made a big difference to Finche, who is a Frankel half-brother to two Group 1 scorers so will surely have a stallion career in front of him.